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Definition of nautic in English:

nautic

adjective

Chiefly poetic and literary. Nautical. Now archaic and rare.

noun

Informal. A sailor, especially one in the Royal Navy.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Purchas (bap. 1577, d. 1626), geographical editor and compiler and Church of England clergyman. From Middle French, French nautique of or relating to sailors, of or relating to navigation, and its etymon classical Latin nauticus of or relating to ships, seafaring from ancient Greek ναυτικός of or belonging to ships, seafaring from ναύτης sailor + -ικός.